I KNEW that the steroids would make me gain weight, I just thought since I put it on so fast it had to be water weight and when I quit taking them that the weight would come off. I didn't expect it to come off as fast or easily as it went on, but I did expect the majority of it to come off. It didn't. I can honestly say that if I had known that it wouldn't come back off or how much I would pack on, I wouldn't have taken them at all, let alone for 6 months.